linux-kernel - Re: gigaset: freeing an active object

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Date:	Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:36:35 +0100
From:	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
To:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Cc:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>, isdn@...ux-pingi.de,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, tilman@...p.cc,
	gigaset307x-common@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	syzkaller <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: gigaset: freeing an active object

On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 2:27 AM, Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com> wrote:
> On 11/27/2015 08:20 PM, Peter Hurley wrote:
>> It would really help if you included the syzkaller-generated applet with
>> the bug reports; state previously established by the applet can be
>> crucial in understanding why the call stack looks the way it does.
>>
>> Also, every generated applet that triggers a report should become
>> a future regression test; I'm collecting the ones pertinent to tty/serial/
>> ldisc (so that includes this one; if you could send me the x25 one too
>> would be great).
>
> I went in to look for the 'crashers' that I thought are generated when
> syzkaller manages to crash a kernel, but none appear for me.
>
> Dmitry, is there magic required to generate those?


There is a little bit of magic, but mostly hard muscle labor.
I've outlined how I create reproducers here:
https://github.com/google/syzkaller/wiki/Crash-reproducer-programs
The description is not super detailed, but should be give you some
clue. Ideally it is all automated, but somebody needs to write some
code for that...
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